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Chapter: Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland." National Research Council. 1991. Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1766.
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Appendix C

Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland

Documented preparedness activities in Reeves County from 1985 to 1987 are described below.

1985

 

January 16

“Day of Killer Tornadoes” film shown at safety meeting of 15 employees of Superior Oil Company, Pecos, Texas.

March 6

Visits to KIUN/KPTX in Pecos, KERB in Kermit, and KVKM in Monahans. Discussed severe weather season and severe weather warning dissemination.

Spotter training session in Pecos; 8 attendees.

May 1 and 3

Tornado film loaned to Valero Oil Company shown at two safety meetings of 14 employees in Monahans and 16 in Pecos.

June 3

Tornado film loaned to Valero Oil Company and shown to 11 employees in Pecos.

August 25

Visit to KIUN station manager in Pecos.

1986

 

March 11

Spotter training session at community center in Pecos; 49 attendees. Session was announced in letter sent to officials in January.

April 20-26

Severe Weather Awareness Week in the Permian Basin of west Texas.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland." National Research Council. 1991. Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1766.
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1987

 

February 12

Media Workshop held at the Midland City Hall, including news media and emergency management officials from throughout the county warning area of Midland.

February 22-28

Severe Weather Awareness Week in the Permian Basin.

April 10

Spotter training session at the community center in Pecos, Texas; 26 attendees.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland." National Research Council. 1991. Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1766.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Preparedness Activities Related to Reeves County, Texas, by NWS Midland." National Research Council. 1991. Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1766.
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The small community of Saragosa, Texas, was devastated by a violent multiple-vortex tornado on Friday, May 22, 1987. Despite the extensive warning dissemination efforts, which are documented in this book, the overall warning system in Saragosa failed to reach most of the residents in time for them to take effective safety measures.

The primary purpose of this book is to combine the information provided by the respondents to a postdisaster survey with the facts surrounding the tornado in order to understand and evaluate the severe weather warning procedures used in Reeves County, Texas, where Saragosa is located.

The evaluation of this survey is intended to determine ways of adjusting existing warning systems and better prepare the citizens, public officials, and news media in Reeves County, as well as in every city, county, and township where severe weather threatens lives and property.

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